This week was a little easier to pick than others. Though the week had plenty of great entries (and a few on new quirks in cfquery that I was really sad to leave out), the following five are really entries that every CF developer should read.
With the release of the second Alpha of DataMgr 2.2 (What is DataMgr?), I am nearing feature completion for that version. What I would like to do now is add support for more databases. If you have wanted to take advantage of DataMgr, but you are using a database that isn't currently supported by DataMgr, then let me know.
If you can give me access to a database on your DBMS, that would be even better. I only need enough access to set up a datasource on my local box to point to a database running on your DBMS (with CREATE rights). I will do my best to add support for any relational database to which I can get access.
The second Alpha of DataMgr 2.2 is now available. In addition to the new features from DataMgr 2.2 Alpha 1, I have added three relation fields and one new method and removed a significant restriction for join tables. These changes should make it even easier to use DataMgr to develop your applications and keep your applications database agnostic.
In the discussions this week, Grails and SimpleDB. I have also seen lots of entries on SVN and ANT lately. All of them good, but they often get beat out by other entries. I will have to find a way to give them the focus they deserve.
In my last entry on handing files with cf_sebForm, I ended the entry by saying that the method I had just covered for handling files with cf_sebForm wasn't the one that I actually used. It was close, but a few differences save me some typing.
In my ongoing series about using cf_sebForm, I have so far left out one important feature - the ability to upload files. This is essential functionality whether you are saving a record or sending email.
This week brought several good blog entries including discussions of the pros and cons of downgrading the JVM.
I saw two blog entries recently (by Ben Nadel and by Mark Mazelin) on generic solutions to automatically send email with a form. This is a common need for a lot of web sites, especially on contact forms. These entries motivated me to show how cf_sebForm handles this.
This week was the most difficult week for me so far. I decided early on to only pick five blog entries every week. I usually find at least 7 blog entries that I think every developer should read. This week, it was no less than a dozen (from more than 50 nominees).
In talking to a friend of mine yesterday, I realized that a great many programmers are not aware of one of the nicest features of SQL, the ability to insert the results of a query into a table. This is really handy for copying data from an old format to a newer format or if you have a need to denormalize part of a database.
